Modernisation works on metro line 1: interruption between Merode and Stockel/Stokkel
On Sunday 5 and Sunday 19 July 2026, until 12.30 pm
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We're performing new tests on the signalling equipment of metro line 1 on the section between Merode and Stockel/Stokkel. Metro line 1 is interrupted on certain Sundays until 12.30 pm to make sure the tests run smoothly. The tests take place on:
- Sunday 5 July
- Sunday 19 July
The next tests are planned in August and take place on the section between Erasme/Erasmus and Gare de l’Ouest/Weststation.
Map of the interruption
Concerned line
Metro 1
Metro 1 is replaced by an M-bus between Merode and Stockel/Stokkel until 12.30 pm. From the Merode stop all metros continue on line 5 direction Herrmann-Debroux.
Stops served by the M-bus direction Stockel/Stokkel:
- Merode: avenue de Tervueren/Tervurenlaan 5, at the bus 61 stop direction Pléiades/Plejaden
- Montgomery: square Maréchal Montgomery/Maarschalk Montgomeryplein 183, at the bus 80 stop direction Haren
- Joséphine-Charlotte: avenue de Broqueville/de Broquevillelaan 96
- Gribaumont: avenue de Broqueville/de Broquevillelaan 196-198, by the metro station
- Tomberg: avenue Paul Hymans/Paul Hymanslaan, after the intersection with Tomberg, at the M-bus stop
- Hymans: avenue Paul Hymans/Paul Hymanslaan 90, at the bus 29 stop direction Hof ten Berg
- Roodebeek: cours Paul-Henri Spaak/Paul-Henri Spaakpromenade, after the intersection with rue Saint-Lambert/Sint-Lambertusstraat, at the N05 Noctis bus stop direction Kraainem
- Klakkedelle: avenue Emile Vandervelde/Emile Vanderveldelaan, before the intersection with avenue de la Chapelle/Kapellaan, at the N05 Noctis bus stop direction Kraainem
- Vandervelde: avenue Emile Vandervelde/Emile Vanderveldelaan 70, at the E12 LETEC bus stop direction Louvain-La-Neuve
- Alma: avenue Emile Vandervelde/Emile Vanderveldelaan, before the intersection with avenue du Bois Jean/Jansboslaan, at the bus N05 stop direction Kraainem
- Crainhem/Kraainem: avenue de Wezembeek/Wezembeeklaan, at the intersection with avenue Pierre Vander Biest/Pierre Vander Biestlaan, at the E12 LETEC bus stop direction Louvain-La-Neuve
- Stockel/Stokkel: avenue de Hinnisdael/de Hinnisdaellaan, across from number 25, by the tram 39 stop direction Montgomery
- Stockel/Stokkel: avenue de Hinnisdael/de Hinnisdaellaan 13, on the side lane
Stops served by the M-bus direction Gare de l’Ouest/Weststation:
- Stockel/Stokkel: avenue de Hinnisdael/de Hinnisdaellaan 13, on the side lane
- Crainhem/Kraainem: avenue de Wezembeek/Wezembeeklaan, at the break stop between the two entrances to the car park
- Alma: avenue Emile Vandervelde/Emile Vanderveldelaan, after the intersection with avenue du Bois Jean/Jansboslaan, at the N05 Noctis bus stop direction Gare centrale/Centraal Station
- Vandervelde: avenue Emile Vandervelde/Emile Vanderveldelaan, by the metro station, at the E12 LETEC bus stop direction Woluwe
- Klakkedelle: avenue Emile Vandervelde/Emile Vanderveldelaan 37-39, at the N05 Noctis bus stop direction Gare Centrale/Centraal Station
- Roodebeek: chaussée de Roodebeek/Roodebeeksteenweg, at the N05 Noctis bus stop direction Gare Centrale/Centraal Station, by the metro station
- Hymans: avenue Paul Hymans/Paul Hymanslaan 101, at the bus 29 stop direction De Brouckère
- Tomberg: avenue Paul Hymans/Paul Hymanslaan 15-17, at the M-bus stop
- Gribaumont: avenue de Broqueville/de Broquevillelaan 227, at the M-bus stop
- Joséphine-Charlotte: avenue de Broqueville/de Broquevillelaan, by the metro station at square Joséphine-Charlotte/Joséphine-Charlottesquare
- Montgomery: avenue de Tervueren/Tervurenlaan 116-122, at the bus 61 stop direction Gare du Nord/Noordstation
- Merode: avenue de Tervueren/Tervurenlaan 24, at the tram 81 stop direction Marius Renard
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